Your favorite railfanning moment

[fuzzybroken]

First, I'll give you my favorite railfanning DOH!!!!!!!!!!!

A group of people had gathered in Duplainville, WI (part of Pewaukee, a suburb? of Milwaukeesha -- that's Milwaukee and Waukesha) to watch, videotape, and photograph the CP 4-6-4 2816 going by. As it approached, so did Amtrak #8, the Empire Builder! Everyone's view of 2816 was blocked by #8, and I think we all said a collective "Awwwww ...."

Fortunately, I caught up with the train at Portage, and got more good pictures than I could have imagined. Pics are at:
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken/TC3-CP2816.html

One of my favorite railfanning moments was just a few weeks ago. I decided to take a ride down to Janesville, WI to see what I could find in Wisconsin & Southern's yard. As I was shooting a picture of a couple engines by the roundhouse, the JH (Janesville-Horicon) train popped out of the yard. I headed north a couple streets and got some pictures of the train, then headed north of town and waited, getting several more excellent pictures, then chased it to Milton Jct., and got more pictures. But the best was yet to come, as I waited on the east side of Milton, where I got to see the two SD40-2s switching the industrial park! Those big engines sure squealed around the tight curve leading into the park (which is currently just one industry, but it's cool nonetheless).

Anyways, back to J-ville, where I caught UP's local switching an industry on the south side of town, with an old CNW caboose! It was the perfect end to an awesome day.

And one of these days I'll get pics of it on my site as well.

-Mark
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

[coborn35]

Pardon if this is on another thread.

I want this to be a place where people can share favorite railroading or railfanning memories.

Mine would have to be when an empty passenger train pulled by a DMIR SD18 blew by me in notch 8.[wow] Makes you appreciate the power of diesels more[:D]